THE TRAGEDY AT BUCK’S CAMP
VERDICT OF DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.
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AUCKLAND, Nov. 19. At the inquest respecting the death of William Henry Whitesides, who was found dead after a drunken spree at Buck’s camp, the doctor who made, the post mortem examination said there were no external marks or evidence of recent violence. There was an effusion of blood on the lungs as if the man had been struck a- blow, but not sufficient to causo death. There was evidence that death- ''was caused by suffocation. It was easy for a drunken man to be suffocated by falling on his face.
One witness stated that deceased complained to him early in the evening of having been struck by Jack Sheldon with a lump of wood. John Thomas Sheldon, who was cautioned by the coroner before giving evidence, stated that the row started in a wbare between Kennedy, Whitesides, and himself. He left the whare, went to Buck’s shanty, and slept there until daylight. He had no personal quarrel with Whitesides. The jury returned a. verdict that death was due to suffocation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3684, 20 November 1912, Page 5
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184THE TRAGEDY AT BUCK’S CAMP Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3684, 20 November 1912, Page 5
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